The Shattering (Patch 4.0.3a) Hits Azeroth: It's The End of the World as We Know It

The day has finally come: Azeroth has been torn asunder, and now it's time to pick up the pieces!

Blizzard has been hinting at it by preparing patches on the PTR for release, and Bashiok was even toying with forum posters last night, but we have official confirmation this morning:

It is time, friends, for the world to shatter.

For the rest of the day this post will act as your homepage and guided tour to all the content in patch 4.0.3a. Any time new content is posted or added, you'll be able to find it on this page—so if you run into anyone who's wandering around Azeroth after the servers come up going "OMG WHAT HAPPENED," just link them here!

Remember, with the addition of new content like this, it's more important than ever to download and run the Wowhead Client. With these major changes in "The Shattering", we want to get new info into the database as fast as possible!

Comments

Comment by Jerethjames

I heard that Blizz was going to be removing the kingslayer title, making it unobtainable in Cata like some of the other titles ie The hand of A'dal, Can someone please confirm or debunk this please.

Comment by Adamsm

on Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:52:57 -0600

I heard that Blizz was going to be removing the kingslayer title, making it unobtainable in Cata like some of the other titles ie The hand of A'dal, Can someone please confirm or debunk this please.

They aren't.

Comment by boxfetish

on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:28:36 -0600

Well, i don't know if many of you know but there's a tricky, kind of random, achiev that there'll be going on in the starting weeks of cataclysm.

Deathwing will show up in a random map and burst it up in flames, and anyone on that map will die and get the achiev XDCan't remind where i read it tho, but i also see a video on youtube about it.

But i got a question that i couldn't really understand when i read it so i''m gonna ask. Will i be able to, per example, transfer my Orc Hunter to another server and change factions to make it a Worgen Hunter, cause i don't feel like wasting all the investiment i made to it... like tons of gold and achievs and mounts and stufff. Will i be able to do it on december 7th?

Thank you!

I read this somewhere too and can't remember, I think maybe it was mmo-champion, not 100% sure though, but I am gonna try and get lucky and get that ach... would be really cool

Actually, no. This would be really uncool. They ought to delay any transfers of race to goblin or worgen for 60 days just like they used to delay transfers to new servers for the first 60 days the server was live. The reasons for this should be completely obvious.

Comment by FearBlade

on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:35:23 -0600

if your talking about realm first level 85 worgen and goblin there are no race achievements for cataclysm just classes, and the actual realm first 85 and also you can race change on dec 7

Comment by ne14fuun

on Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:33:26 -0600

I wonder if old world flying will only be 250g. It seems like they might of lowered the price in beta to get it tested out better.

Comment by SignupSucks

on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:44:03 -0600

So is there some specific place to see where horde and alliance players each go to train the Flight Master's License? I would have expected a link in the database between the license and the NPCs who train it (much as there are links for vendor items and the vendors who sell them), but no dice. Game just says to see your trainer, but surely it is not handled by class trainers? Am I missing something obvious?

I've heard that the NPC for Alliance is in the Twilight Highlands for instance. I'd like to know for sure so I am not having to run around aimlessly trying to find him.

Comment by Fredrick

on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:39:34 -0600

Hmmm... bye to all that has to do with vanilla, oh well at least i got to experience it.

Comment by Fredrick

on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:46:47 -0600

i Like being Undead Hunter, and no my pet does not run away with my leg... thats just stupid --'